Traditional health care systems have a long history of marginalizing clients experiencing stress-related conditions with complex symptoms. Stress symptoms fall into the gap between physical or psychological diagnoses from providers who cannot identify their etiology and generate effective treatment plans. Whether stress is a predisposing factor contributing to a health condition or the sequelae of a health event, failure to address its impact on clients’ overall physical, emotional, and cognitive abilities contributes to their decreased function and quality of life. Occupational therapists (OTs) often treat individuals with stress- and anxiety-related conditions. Unfortunately, few studies provide measurable, objective data indicating improvement from evidence-based interventions for this population. Biofeedback and self-regulation, also called psychophysiology, can provide objective data in the form of feedback (e.g., lights, sounds, numbers, or graphs) to demonstrate individuals’ real-time status, improving their self-regulation and sense of control over their stress response. These techniques are used with the model of human occupation (MOHO), a client-centered framework that pairs
well with integrative approaches such as biofeedback. The proposed “A Time for Change: Improving Occupational Performance for Clients With Stress-Related Conditions Using Biofeedback and Self-Regulation to Enhance Function in Adult Roles” program is an online education program for OTs using self-regulation and two types of biofeedback (temperature and heart rate variability) as part of an integrative treatment protocol for clients with stress-related conditions. The program includes the Functional Continuum Questionnaire (based on the MOHO), a program protocol, recommendations for a companion workbook, and a postimplementation evaluation plan.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/46166 |
| Date | 05 May 2023 |
| Creators | Broderick, Jill S. |
| Contributors | Synovec, Caitlin, Jacobs, Karen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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